Laverne & Shirley (1981 TV series)

Laverne & Shirley, also known as Laverne & Shirley in the Army, is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Paramount Television broadcast on ABC from October 10, 1981, to November 13, 1982. It is a spin-off of the live-action sitcom Laverne & Shirley with the titular characters voiced by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams and was loosely based on the 1979 two-part episode "We're in the Army, Now" in which Laverne and Shirley enlisted in the Army.

Overview
The series is set at Camp Fillmore and follows the comedic antics of roommates Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney as privates with the U.S. Army. They wind up getting involved in clandestine escapades with their immediate superior, a pig named Sgt., who is always threatening to report them to his superior, Sgt. Turnbuckle. The series aired for one season of 13 episodes from October 10, 1981, to January 2, 1982.

The following season, the series was re-titled Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz and combined with a half-hour adaptation of the 1978–1982 sitcom Mork & Mindy to form the Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, which lasted for one season. During the second season, Laverne and Shirley were joined by the characters of The Fonz (voiced by Henry Winkler) and his anthropomorphic dog Mr. Cool (voiced by Frank Welker; from the 1980–81 animated series The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang) working as mechanics in the army camp's motorpool. In August 1982, Cindy Williams quit her role as Shirley on the live-action sitcom Laverne & Shirley and, conversely, Williams' role in the animated series was taken over by Lynne Marie Stewart. Only eight episodes were produced from September 25 to November 13, 1982.

Cast

 * Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio
 * Cindy Williams (Season 1), and Lynne Marie Stewart (Season 2), as Shirley Feeney
 * Ron Palillo as Sgt. Squeally
 * Kenneth Mars as Sgt. Turnbuckle
 * Henry Winkler (Season 2) as Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli
 * Frank Welker as Mr. Cool (Season 2), Additional voices

Additional voices

 * Marlene Aragon (Season 1)
 * Rene Auberjonois (Season 1)
 * Michael Bell
 * Val Bettin (Season 2)
 * William Callaway (Season 2)
 * Mary Ann Chin (Season 1)
 * Philip Lewis Clarke (Season 2)
 * Didi Conn (Season 1)
 * Henry Corden (Season 1)
 * Brad Crandall (Season 1)
 * Tandy Cronyn (Season 1)
 * Peter Cullen (Season 1)
 * Keene Curtis
 * Julie McWirter Dees (Season 2)
 * Rick Dees (Season 1)
 * Jeff Doucette (Season 2)
 * Dick Erdman
 * Kathy Garver (Season 1)
 * Joanie Gerber (Season 1)
 * Bob Holt (Season 1)
 * Helen Hunt (Season 2)
 * Buster Jones (Season 1)
 * Jackie Joseph (Season 1)
 * Zale Kessler (Season 1)
 * Allan Lurie (Season 1)
 * Amanda McBroom (Season 1)
 * Mitzi McCall (Season 1)
 * Joe Medalis (Season 1)
 * Allan Melvin (Season 2)
 * Pat Parris (Season 1)
 * Clare Peck (Season 1)
 * Patrick Pinney (Season 1)
 * Henry Polic (Season 1)
 * Lou Richards (Season 1)
 * Bob Ridgley (Season 1)
 * Al Robertson (Season 2)
 * Marilyn Schreffler (Season 2)
 * Hal Smith (Season 2)
 * John Stephenson (Season 1)
 * Alexandra Stoddart (Season 1)
 * Russi Taylor (Season 1)
 * Fred Travalena (Season 1)
 * B.J. Ward (Season 1)
 * Lennie Weinrib (Season 2)

Home media
On November 5, 2019, the 13-episode first season was released as a made-on-demand DVD-R by CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.